Correction for the height of a Puncak Jaya
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How long is 48 nautical miles?
It's about eighteen times as tall as a Puncak Jaya
The height of a Puncak Jaya is about 2.6370 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Mt. Carstensz, a.k.a. Carstensz Pyramid, a.k.a. Nemangkawi, a.k.a. Carstensz Toppen, a.k.a. Gunung Sukarno) (Papua province, Indonesia)
The highest point in Oceania (and therefore one of the seven summits) peak of Puncak Jaya is 2.6370 nautical miles. Dutch explorer Jan Carstenszoon, the mountain's namesake, is said to have been ridiculed for claiming to have seen snow near the equator when he reported his discovery of the peak in 1623.